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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Aug. 10

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Five people have been confirmed dead and 16 others injured as anti-government militants organized a suicide car bomb near the entrance gate of Kabul International Airport on Monday, Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement released here.

"The Ministry of Interior Affairs condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack at the entrance gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul which resulted in the deaths of five civilians and injuries of 16 others,"the statement said. (Afghanistan-Militant Attack)

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CAIRO -- At least 21 people died and 66 others were sent to hospitals due to the heatwave hitting Egypt nationwide, the health ministry said in a statement Monday.

The extremely hot weather in Egypt during August, with a maximum temperature that reached 47 degrees Celsius, led to the death of the victims on Sunday. (Egypt-Heatwave)

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DAMASCUS -- The Islamic State (IS) terror group abducted 20 people from towns under its control in the northern province of Aleppo, a monitor group reported Monday.

The IS militants arrested the civilians from a number of towns in the northern countryside of Aleppo, where the IS has been engaged in battles against rival rebel groups. (Syria-IS-Abduction)

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MOSCOW -- Nine people have died in an air crash in the Moscow region, Russia's Investigative Committee said Monday.

On Friday, a single-engine Cessna 206 plane collided with a Robinson R44 helicopter above a lake west of Moscow. Both aircraft fell and sank in the lake. (Russia-Air Collision)

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ANKARA -- Four Turkish police officers were killed, one heavily injured on Monday in bomb attack by the militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey, private Dogan News Agency reported.

The PKK is the suspect for roadside landmine explosion which killed four officers in car in Silopi town of Sirnak province bordering Iraq, the report said. (Turkey-Attack)

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FERGUSON, United States -- A gunbattle erupted in Ferguson, Missouri, between police and protesters on Sunday during a protest on the anniversary of the killing of 18-year-old black man Michael Brown by a white police officer, seriously wounding a man.

The exchange of gunfire took place late Sunday night and lasted about 20 minutes, seriously wounding a man, according to the St. Louis county police chief. (US-Ferguson) Endi